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Gonzo McFee posted:Writing about how there's a right wing purity problem in the loving Spectator by Christ. Absolute scenes when the Spectator is panicking the gently caress out about the incredible hell we've brought upon ourselves lmao
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Blueshirt posted:So the wiffle-haired flint eyed sociopath obviously has something going for him. Genuine personal charisma is something that can be surprisingly powerful and doesn't necessarily translate over the telly. It can be rather unsettling how turned around you can feel on someone after hearing them talk in person; while its easy to underestimate the effect, if you've experienced it you can kinda understand how cults can get off the ground.
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Blueshirt posted:A friend of mine is a super left wing, guillotine-them-all type. Lived in a commune, works endlessly for various charities, has been arrested umpteen times at various demos and has strong opinions on Monster Munch.
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I'm beginning to think there's a distressing number of sponge brained people who want to offload their gullibility onto other people.
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Got up early before the shops opened and met a friend behind the supermarket who furtively gave me a paper bag full of limes. Gotta make these last.
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There is two things at play here. One is people when they make bad choices, they can try and rationalise it afterwards and one way is by hyping up another part involved. See how post World War 2 where loads of Germans basically claimed that Hitler had almost hypnotic powers. That being said (and this is something most RPG's get right.) Charisma is a real tangible thing. And while Movies and TV are really good at showing how strong someone is (he breaks a chain) or smart (he builds a time machine) they find it much harder to depict that someone can be super charming, because so much of charm is this factor that only emerges in person and not on the page. For my Dad's birthday I got him this book called Champagne Football which is about John Delaney. The man who took over and bankrupted the nations Football Association. And so much of it was down to his Charisma and how he'd charm people into going along with his terrible self serving ideas. But there is a great story about how one person who wouldn't go along with his nonsense was Bertie Ahern. The then Taoiseach (Irish PM) and himself a charming, chancer who could talk people into going along with his bad ideas. And the whole reason why he was immune to Delaney's charm was he could recognise how they were the same. I've always found that interesting.
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It really is true that a lot of politicians are, when you're interacting with them directly, apparently very nice people. Blair, Boris and - weirdly - Gove are all people I loving despise but have also met in person and had to constantly remind myself that they were hateful, evil pricks.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:46
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The Question IRL posted:And the whole reason why he was immune to Delaney's charm was he could recognise how they were the same. One can turn off the other's tricks and that's why they all hate each other like nothing else. They know exactly what kind of monsters they are.
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I’ve only met three MPs (or former MPs) in person - one Labour, one Lib Dem, one Tory. All three were genuinely affable and pleasant to chat with, and I’m sure this is a characteristic that parties select for when choosing candidates.
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Necrothatcher posted:It really is true that a lot of politicians are, when you're interacting with them directly, apparently very nice people. Blair, Boris and - weirdly - Gove are all people I loving despise but have also met in person and had to constantly remind myself that they were hateful, evil pricks. It's basically a function of how politics works in this country (and I assume all others), because without rituals involving beans or trial by ordeal the only way of progressing in politics is by getting other people to like you, or at least hate you less than the alternatives. Look at the Priti Patel bullying thing - Tories circled the wagons around her, sure, but almost all of the defence of her was "Well she's always been perfectly nice to *me*". No poo poo Sherlock, that's because you're someone who might at some point be of use to her in the future. Anyone not in that position sees her true face. I think that's part of Boris' secret - he's at best not actually aware of how he does what he does, or at worst smart enough to keep up the facade much more convincingly.
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I have never met anybody in my life that I would describe as charismatic, most people are capable of passable civility which I can appreciate the effort of but which doesn't inspire any emotional response, some people are bad at that and their actual character shows through and sometimes that can either appeal or affront depending on your taste, but that's just different kinds of eccentricity, and some people are essentially social non-entities unless you want to put a lot of effort into talking to them. The only MPs I've ever met are the candidate for last year who was in the first category, and tom blenkinsop who rocks back and forward chuntering to himself like a psychopath. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Dec 22, 2020 |
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Met up in a Tesco car park at 1pm yesterday and it was absolutely heaving. Even the outer edge where the non-shoppers park was packed. A bottle of alcohol, some cash and home-made Christmas
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Dec 22, 2020 10:01
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Biggus Dickus posted:Met up in a Tesco car park at 1pm yesterday
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Dec 22, 2020 10:08
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:/ is everyone already getting groceries outside of supermarkets from middle-people?
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I met Chris Huhne when he was doing some local college meet and greet lunch sessions. He was alright, my main concern at the time was getting a new skate park built and he actually sent me the plans for it which was cool. Then he did a purjury and got sent to prison lol.
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crispix posted::/ Some people can't even be "outside a supermarket"  *looks out of window wistfully*
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crispix posted::/ time was you'd get ahead in society by knowing a bank manager or lawyer now it's having the number of the guy that stocks the citrus aisle in Asda
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Ms Adequate posted:Absolute scenes when the Spectator is panicking the gently caress out about the incredible hell we've brought upon ourselves lmao The retired Army Paedophiles and Devil's advocate fetishists are starting to feel uncomfortable.
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So, judging by the scientists current reaction, and the Bojo delay to any advice, I presume we'll all be entering Tier 4 on Christmas Eve, effective from Christmas day right?
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/highways-england-confirms-900-lorries-m20-monday-not-174-boris-johnson/ How many lorries are parked isn't the biggest issue in the world, but it's a nice example of the completely routine way this government just tells barefaced lies. Not true-from-a-certain-point-of-view fudged statistics in a misleading press release or anything, just directly fabricating numbers in a televised speech to the nation.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:23
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Some people can't even be "outside a supermarket" Are you in a supermarket right now? You should probably be shopping and not posting.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:24
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mrpwase posted:Are you in a supermarket right now? You should probably be shopping and not posting. They may be working. They may be self isolating and not allowed out of the house/flat/cage.
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Grey Hunter posted:They may be working. I can see why they would be in a cage, but why would they be in a cage in a supermarket?
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Grey Hunter posted:They may be working. Self isolating is right. After getting my test result Sunday night I went online to get a food delivery but, in what can only be described as incredible timing, there were no delivery slots for *any supermarket* for a whole week thanks to the combo of christmas and border-closure panic buying. Thankfully I already did a bit of a stockpile last week so we can last it out.
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radmonger posted:I can see why they would be in a cage, but why would they be in a cage in a supermarket?
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radmonger posted:I can see why they would be in a cage, but why would they be in a cage in a supermarket? I like to buy my goons fresh
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radmonger posted:I can see why they would be in a cage, but why would they be in a cage in a supermarket? One of those rolling cages they put used cardboard in when filling the shelves? Could be doing the shopping inside one of them to keep distance JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Self isolating is right. See, this is where stockpiling is unarguably a good idea. No it won't do much good if the country ends up with real food shortages, but self isolation just when Brexit and new strain is making everyone panic is a potentially bad situation. Of course, this is precisely what we were told to do back in March, "make sure you have enough food in for a couple of weeks if you need to isolate", followed by "what are you doing you idiots, stop panic buying* !" *purchasing slightly more than usual, leading to the just-enough-just-in-time system to fall over Bobstar fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Dec 22, 2020 |
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radmonger posted:I can see why they would be in a cage, but why would they be in a cage in a supermarket? Working in BW&S and having to secure the supply?
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Bobstar posted:One of those rolling cages they put used cardboard in when filling the shelves? Could be doing the shopping inside one of them to keep distance Nah, they're too small, you can't keep the distance with them
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I'd watch a remake of Gladiators crossed with Supermarket Sweep, where they use the big cardboard cages instead of the old hamster balls
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Grey Hunter posted:They may be working. Despite all their rage.
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Biggus Dickus posted:Met up in a Tesco car park at 1pm yesterday and it was absolutely heaving. Even the outer edge where the non-shoppers park was packed. 
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Every time i read "keep the distance" i hear it in my head as a whisper like in this scene from field of dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxzq9BLE5Hg
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Convex posted:You can get Disco Elysium for like £12 using that, I think it's DRM free once you've downloaded as well. Thanks for this, just got it. 10.99 after the coupon.
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Weasling Weasel posted:So, judging by the scientists current reaction, and the Bojo delay to any advice, I presume we'll all be entering Tier 4 on Christmas Eve, effective from Christmas day right? Probably announce ration books being issued then as well (outsourced to Deloitte).
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Self isolating is right. I can't remember where you are, but open invitation to any goons in east or central London - if you need stuff picked up from the shops (and can cope with a goon visit) I'm bored out of my mind here.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:57
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Self isolating is right. If you're in London I wouldn't mind doing you some shopping and cycling it over to you.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Despite all their rage. You rang?
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Necrothatcher posted:If you're in London I wouldn't mind doing you some shopping and cycling it over to you. Careful now there's a London, Ontario
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happyhippy posted:There's a 90's 2000AD comic strip called Zenith. Its about the UK developing super heroes first for WW2, not the US. Think 1960s Austin Powers heroes, then bleak Thatcher Tory Heroes, against nazis. Good read, would recommend. 1980s, but yes. Zenith is basically superhero Robbie Williams and a complete twat, the villain of book 2 is Richard Branson, and book 3 contains practically every classic British hero from the Fleetway/IPC era. The books get increasingly weirder and weaker though, so stop when you've had enough.
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